She didn't pop it, but, when I was 17 a friend of mine had some balloons out on his bed or somewhere. I had already purloined a few for future enjoyment but his younger sister, about 12 or 13 or so,...

I've observed that balloons at Christmas is mostly a UK thing (as opposed to US), is that true? Nobody I know here (friend or relative) has balloons at Christmas. New Years party, yes, Christmas, no....

For me it was a long time ago, before most of you were born I'm going to guess, in some city in Italy I was passing through. People were walking around with these pear shaped helium balloons inflated...